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Rajya Sabha Elections 2026 LIVE: Voting For 37 Seats Across 10 States Today; Nitish Kumar, Sharad Pawar In Fray

Rajya Sabha Elections 2026 LIVE: Voting For 37 Seats Across 10 States Today; Nitish Kumar, Sharad Pawar In Fray

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Rajya Sabha Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: Elections for 37 seats in the Rajya Sabha across 10 states will be held today (March 16), as the terms of several parliamentarians are set to end in April. According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, polling will take place from 9 am to 4 pm, while the counting of votes will begin at 5 pm. The term of 37 members who were elected from Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Telangana will conclude in the month of April, vacating the seats for new members to be elected. Out of these, 26 candidates have already secured victory unopposed. Voting will now take place for the remaining 11 seats, including five from Bihar, four from Odisha, and two from Haryana. Among the prominent candidates, Bihar’s longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin are expected to be elected to the Rajya Sabha in the biennial polls. In key battlegrounds in Bihar, Haryana, and Odisha, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance …

Rajya Sabha elections LIVE: Voting to take place for 11 seats today; Bihar, Odisha, Haryana, emerge as key battlegrounds

Rajya Sabha elections LIVE: Voting to take place for 11 seats today; Bihar, Odisha, Haryana, emerge as key battlegrounds

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Rajya Sabha proceedings. File | Screengrab: Sansad TV via ANI The biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha to fill 37 seats across 10 States are scheduled on Monday (March 16, 2026), with counting of votes set for the same day at 5 p.m. Also read | Rajya Sabha polls round-up: Three of 11 seats set for close fight The term of 37 members elected from Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Telangana will conclude in April, vacating the seats for new members to be elected. Also Read | Rajya Sabha poll: All six candidates from Tamil Nadu elected unopposed Out of these, 26 candidates have already secured victory unopposed. Voting will now take place for the remaining 11 seats, including five from Bihar, four from Odisha, and two from Haryana. Among the unopposed candidates, the BJP secured seven, Congress five, the Trinamool Congress four, the DMK three, and Shiv Sena, RPI(A), NCP, NCP(SP), AIADMK, PMK, and UPPL one each. Notable winners include Sharad Pawar, Abhishek Singhvi, Tiruchi Siva, …

BJP indulging in horse-trading to win Rajya Sabha election; former CM Naveen Patnaik

BJP indulging in horse-trading to win Rajya Sabha election; former CM Naveen Patnaik

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday (March 14, 2026) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its three candidates of indulging in horse-trading ahead of the ensuing Rajya Sabha elections. “There is horse-trading going on, with BJP leaders and their three Rajya Sabha candidates trying their best to secure votes through such means, which, as you know, is an offence to win a democratic election,” Mr. Patnaik alleged. Echoing the charge, senior Arun Sahoo, a BJD MLA and former minister, said a party lacking adequate numbers should not be claiming victory. “One party does not have the numbers to win the election. Yet, despite that, it has fielded candidates and is backing them while claiming they will win. This clearly points towards horse-trading, which is far removed from ideology and ethics,” Mr. Sahoo said. Another BJD legislator, Byomkesh Ray, alleged that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi himself was involved in contacting MLAs. “He is personally calling MLAs separately and making deals at his official residence. …